Title | BLOWING IN THE WIND |
Brand | APOTEK HJÄRTAT |
Product/Service | APOLOSOPHY |
Category |
A08. DIGITAL DESIGN |
Entrant Company
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ÅKESTAM HOLST Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Advertising Agency
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ÅKESTAM HOLST Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Media Agency
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STARCOM MEDIAVEST GROUP Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Production Company
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STOPP/FAMILY Stockholm, SWEDEN
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Credits
Andreas Ullenius |
Åkestam Holst |
Creative Director |
Lars Baecklund |
Åkestam Holst |
Art Director |
Mariette Glodeck |
Åkestam Holst |
Copywriter |
Sara Clewemar |
Åkestam Holst |
Account Director |
Jennie Strinnhed |
Åkestam Holst |
Account Manager |
Sofia Swedenborg |
Åkestam Holst |
Digital Producer |
Patrik Karlsson |
Åkestam Holst |
Planner |
Lotta Person |
Åkestam Holst |
Graphic Designer |
Jens Sjöbergh |
Åkestam Holst |
Graphic Designer |
Nisse Axman |
Åkestam Holst |
Motion Designer |
Anne/Lie Karl |
Åkestam Holst |
Studio Assistant |
Elisabeth Frang |
Söderberg Agentur |
Photography |
Fredrik Kullberg |
Apotek Hjärtat |
Advertiser's Supervisor |
Brief Explanation
Objectives of a product launch campaign is to raise awareness, create recall of the brand behind the products, and create an urge to try them. The campaign was targeted at existing customers, and competitors customers. The idea behind the campaign was to prove to people that Apolosophy hairproducts are like no other brand when it comes to bringing your hair to life.
The Brief
Apotek Hjärtat (Sweden's largest private pharmacy) launched, at the beginning of 2014, a new line of products under the name Apolosophy. Apolosophy was launched as a way to raise consideration for Apotek Hjärtat as a brand and increase traffic to stores by offering products that historically has not been promoted at pharmacies in Sweden, namely a more premium range of products within beauty care.
How the final design was conceived
To reach the objectives focus was set on the products within the Apolosophy product line, namely hairproducts. The reasoning behind the decision was that haircare products has the lowest trial threshold of all Apolosophy products, since it is the product with the highest purchase frequency, and one product increases the distinctiveness of the campaign. Since we knew that haircare products are bought to give life to ones hair we decided that the creative solution should be to bring the advertisement itself to life, because what better way is there to communicate the product benefit in order to create brand recall and awareness of the new productline?
Indication of how successful the outcome was in the market
Until today the movie showcasing the creative solution has over 2.9 million unique views in 190 countries. All this without any media spend to promote the video. Instead, media outlets such as CNN, CBS, TIME, MASHABLE, HUFFINGTON POST and GIZMODO all wrote about the campaign. The hype that was created helped Apotek Hjärtat, despite the small budget to reach out to the target audience, to beat the sales target with as much as 40 %. Also, increased brand awareness within target audience by 35% and as a conceivable brand by 48%.